Dubai: "Shut Up Lou Dobbs" Lou and CNN: "NO"

[Coexist]

they are trying to silence Lou again! I can't wait to hear how.

(edited headline for CNN's answer)

[lovuian]

1. We love you LOU!!!

:bounce: Noone can silence the truth!!!

[Wheezy]

2. are we

allowed to mention Lou's name here?

I can't seem to keep up with the STFU rules these days.

[eleny]

3. Lou has had his admirers here for some time now

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

20. Lou's had his flip-floppers here for some time now, too...

I've seen people on DU meticulously craft little plastic Saint Lou Dobbs figurines for the dashboards of their cars, and I've seen others call him a xenophobe and an effing freeper.

So if someone were to ask me if DU supported Lou Dobbs, I'd say "Maybe...what day of the week is it?"

Although it's not as bad as the Chris Matthews thing...people high-fiving and hoo-hahing one minute that "Tweety's on FIRE," then the next minute calling him a Bush media whore. The love-hate relationship with Dobbs isn't quite as abrupt and jarring.

Can't be both, folks...can't be both.

:silly:

[Coexist]

25. I don't like or agree with both of them all the time

Just like I don't agree with other DUers all the time.

Politics is passionate.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

28. Yes, it definitely is...

...I just have a hard time with what I'd call "stop on a dime passion."

Plus, neither Matthews nor Dobbs are Henry David Thoreau, venturing out to Walden Pond to soak in the wonders of nature while pondering the mysteries of the universe.

They're two men with a job and they're not going to do anything to stop the consistent flow of paychecks. Politics is passionate, and it's also business.

:patriot:

[Coexist]

33. But - the scaredy-cat press has been rolling over for this administration

for so long - when someone - ANYONE - shines a spotlight, it is a cause for celebration to me!!

Call me a cock-eyed optimist - but I always hope that people will see that and begin to wake up.

[eleny]

27. Yeah - when he flops, DUers flip

Now that Lou is taking it on the chin over the Dubai issue, he's a hero. I guess it shows that there's some common ground. Not a bad thing altogether. Just hard to notice with our divisive prez in office.

[Coexist]

4. LOL!

I have been trying to not be bad on that new thread.

[catabryna]

5. Has anyone been able to vote in the poll?

The question is quite provocative (I love it!), but I can't tell if I was able to vote nor can I view the vote totals...???

[Coexist]

6. No- I tried twice.

No dice.

[catabryna]

10. Damn!

I figure a lot of people have already tried to notify them, but just in case, I'll send an e-mail with my vote!

[Roxy66]

13. I did...it's probably overloaded...lol

[Coexist]

18. How long ago?

I just tried again.

[catabryna]

26. As far as I can tell...

it's not registering... I sent an e-mail check back in about 10 minutes.

[Coexist]

29. THE POLL IS WORKING AGAIN!

[Rhiannon12866]

38. I just voted... Results: (no big surprise, LOL!)

Do you believe the 45-day national security review of the ports deal will result in an examination of national security interests, or is it a White House and Republican effort to facilitate the deal?

Vigorous examination 2% 114 votes

Effort to facilitate deal 98% 5525 votes
Total: 5639 votes

[Roxy66]

7. I love this!!!!

[spanone]

8. They have banned Lou Dobbs. Who Are These People.

Sounds LIke Cheney to me. GO LOU

[Coexist]

9. DPW has refused to grant CNN any more interviews

or to videotape its operations in Hong Kong because of Lou Dobbs.

"Let me assure you, this latest attempt... won't succeed"
"CNN management won't comply"

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!

[eleny]

11. Nice company, huh!?

They don't like the scrutiny? Good for Lou reporting on that fact.

[Coexist]

12. Lou and CNN say, "Bring it ON, Dubai!"

Woot.
:bounce:

[onehandle]

14. He's a conservative and a stand up guy.

A rare combination, especially in the media.

[qanda]

15. Can somebody, anybody tell us what you all are talking about

[Coexist]

16. Dubai Ports World will not grant CNN any interviews

or footage because they, and I quote, "won't shut up Lou Dobbs". He has been covering this issue with a passion, and NOT in DPW, Inc.'s favor.

Hee hee.

[qanda]

17. Thank you

[xultar]

23. ROFL!!!!! I'm about to split my gut and bust an ovary on that one!

:rofl:

[Catrina]

36. So, a Foreign Government is demanding censorship of our News? Where

did they get the idea they could do that? Why not come on television and defend themselves? I guess talking to the American people is a little different than talking to traitors who would sell the country to the highest bidder. What a shock for them ~ and how dare they. Now I know this deal must not go through. We don't need a dictator from a foreign country silencing our press. We have our own to deal with.

This administration obviously had them thinking that THEY were law. Only 17% of the American people approve of this deal ~ this administration and all politicians better listen. In case they can't figure it out, those numbers mean this issue is uniting Americans for the first time since they deliberately divided them.


When Rush Limbaugh said last week that we should calm down because the UAE was not in charge of security at the WTC on 9/11 and it happened anyway, he thought he was so smart. Maybe he should have kept his mouth shut, because while the UAE may not have been in charge of security, it seems a Kuwaiti company was ~ as well as Bush's brother, Marvin, were ~ and what does Bush do? Did he ever ask his brother any questions about security at the WTC? Or his father's Kuwaiti friends? No, he did not, instead he tried to block an investigation into the whole thing. This whole mess has one big lie.

[Coexist]

37. Bush must be embarrassed by this whole ordeal - all his best friends

run virtual dictatorships, and he keeps having to go back to that darn Congress and the Senate for approval for stuff. And the press won't play nice anymore and he can't have them shot for sedition.

He must look like only half a man to his best buds.
:evilgrin:

[CottonBear]

42. The Democracy and free press thing doesn't really work for DPW, Inc.

I'm glad Dobbs is speaking his mind. Refusing to grant interviews just makes DPW, Inc. look even worse to most Americans.

[xultar]

21. Everyone here like HATES conservatives without understanding...

yes we may disagree on a lot of issues but wrong is wrong and any conservative should know wrong when they see it and call it out.

That is what Lou does on most issues. Cafferty is kinda like Lou in that way. Cafferty is a straight up conservative. I didn't like him in the beginning because he was toting the line. But what I realised is that Cafferty really believed that crap there in the beginning but now that he sees the light he's pretty honest about what he sees. I can respect his honesty not partisanship.

[Coexist]

22. I can respect a true conservative - after all

not everyone sees the world and the way it should work the same way.

These goofy neocons go too far.

Too far.

[Avalux]

24. I'd consider Lou a populist too -

He has a real concern for the middle class and how our government is selling our country out from under us.

[Skidmore]

35. Yup, wish we could get some Dems to talk like him

once in a while.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. Yup, that's what he is.

And he usually comes out on our side, these days, from what I've seen. He got my attention with his vehement opposition to the Iraq war (same as Pat Buchanan), and I've subscribed to his newsletter ever since.:patriot:

Other than his passionate opposition to the Dubai-port deal, my favorite Lou Dobbs moment was when he took that Bush* apologist, Dana Bash, to task for not reporting objectively. I've forgotten exactly who it was, Al Gore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy (he seem to hate everybody), somebody that Dick Cheney was publicly bashing and he was criticized, in return. Lou Dobbs kept after Dana Bash, was pretty harsh with her, until she grudgingly admitted that Cheney drew first blood... Go Lou!!!:woohoo:

[me b zola]

32. I completely agree with your take on Cafferty & Dobbs

What sets them apart from most other talking head conservatives is that they are not, nor probably never will be, bought & paid for shills. They are conservative but they have a conscience and a moral compass. I don't agree with Dobbs on a lot of things, and some of what Cafferty says, but I respect them both for having the integrity to not cave to the corporate & political pressures, and for being able to see through some (Dobbs)/a lot (Cafferty) of the evil of this malAdministration.

[Coexist]

40. exactly

[w8liftinglady]

43. I agree....I can respect anyone who speaks their own mind

as long as the opinions are their own,and not some brownshirt rhetoric.heck,we even have differences of opinions amongst ourselves here.I like the frankness of Cafferty and Dobbs.

[laylah]

19. Cheese and freakin' crackers!

The US is so far in debt we have no choice but to sell out to foreign interests??????:mad: Damn them! Damn them all!

Jenn

[onehandle]

30. Freepers think Dobbs should move to Fox to gain credibility.

Ha ha ha! Newsflash to the inbred: Neither Fox nor CNN have credibility. They both answer to Rove.
_______________________

"He needs to find a real network to gain some credibility. As soon as people hear CNN the 'BEWARE' alarm goes off."

"He has some good points... but there is no one who is a greater critic of this administration currently on tv.
He bashes the admin. on every subject matter whether it is immigration, the WOT, education, budget, etc... He never touches the Democrats in Congress."

"A bright light in the sea of darkness that is CNN."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1583031/posts

[Coexist]

31. Yeah, Fox is so credible.

[RB TexLa]

34. Easy to know where Lou stands, if they are not white he is against them

[The Backlash Cometh]

41. Okay. I'll admit it.

Lou Dobbs has cojones.

[Beelzebud]

44. So they are trying to intimidate our media?

And the criminal fucks that call themselves republicans are all for them taking managment of our ports?

[AuntiBush]

45. Go Lou Dobbs!

While I might not always agree with him, I've been a fan of his since I can't remember when... watching him the last several nights (since last week) when the port deal hit the news has instilled hope into my heart.

If Mr. Dobbs reads this, thank you sir! Forget all that flip-flopping. We're all entitled to change our thinkings, and minds as well as opinions on issues, just as Senator Kerry is allowed as much. At least lets hope this port deal awakens Americans back to their senses. According to all the polls, and everyone I know it has big-time.